Rivers and Roads, Misato Town, address: Misato Town Hall, 168 Misato-cho, Ochi-gun, Shimane-ken 699-4621, site title: MISATO TOWN, Shimane Prefecture, camera title: Misato Live Camera, Click the blue and the red icons in the map. The blue icons are the live cameras of the river and the red ones are the ones of the road.

Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, address: Okuizumo Town Hall, 358-1 Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane-ken 699-1511, site title: Welcome to the Town of Okuizumo, village of myth and romance, Click the photos in the top left corner of the site.

Masuda River, Masuda City, address: Daiken Consultant Co., Ltd., 55 Otani-cho, Masuda-shi, Shimane-ken 698-0012, site title: DAIKEN CONSULTANT CO., LTD., camera title: Masuda River Live Camera, Click the last menu between the two photos in the top part of the site.

National Route 54, camera title: National Route 54 Live Camera, address: Ministry of Land and Infrastructure Matsue National Highway Office, 2-6-28 Nishitsuda, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken 690-0017, site title: Ministry of Land and Infrastructure Matsue National Highway Office

National Route 9, camera title: National Route 9 Live Camera, site title: Ministry of Land and Infrastructure Matsue National Highway Office

Shimane Prefecture Tourism Information

The prefectural capital of Shimane Prefecture is Matsue City. The population of the prefecture is about 7 million people, and the population of Matsue City is approximately 200,000 people. The land of the prefecture was once called “Izumonokuni (Izumo Province)”, “Iwaminokuni (Iwami Province)”, or “Okinokuni (Oki Province).” Island of Oki and Takeshima Island also belong to the Shimane Prefecture. There are tourism resources such as “Izumo Taisha,” “Iwami Silver Mine”, “Matsue-jo Castle”, “Lake Shinji”, “Tamatsukuri Onsen”, and “Oki Island”.
“Izumo Taisha” is the Shinto shrine dedicated to Okuninushi Okami, which was built in 659 AD. Shimane Prefecture is said to be the hometown of the gods and the country of the gods, and “Izumo Taisha Shrine” has been said that when it comes to October in lunar calendar every year it is the place for the meeting where the gods of eight million also from all over the country gather. October is called “Kannaduki,” which means “the month of no-gods”, because the gods are absent in Japan, but only in Shimane Prefecture it is called “Kamiariduki (the month of gods there),” because the gods come to the prefecture.
In addition, Okuninushi Okami of Izumo Taisha Shrine is faith as the “God of marriage” that preside over the edges of the people, and worshipers visit from all over the country.
Matsue-jo Castle in Matsue City is one of the 12 existing castle towers in Japan and was constructed in 1611 by the founder lord of Matsue clan, Horio Yoshiharu. “Lake Shinji” in northeastern part of Shimane Prefecture is the lake of domestic seventh the size of the79 square kilometers and the circumference of about 45km. It is the brackish water lake in which freshwater and seawater mix enters, and about 90% of the catch is clams. The beauty of the setting sun is famous and it is chosen as one of the famous hundred sunsets elected in Japan. The local cuisines of Shimane are the “clam juice” in which the Corbicula japonica that is caught in the Lake Shinji is used and the “Izumo Soba” that is made of the buckwheat flour obtained by subtracting each shell the fruit of buckwheat.